Alan Yang Quotes
There is a psychic gulf that exists between myself and my grandparents because they don't really speak English, and I don't speak Chinese, and that's my own personal shame because I did not learn, ever. I only saw my paternal grandma a few times in my life, and that's really crazy.
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After the success of my first album and the success of 'Flow Joe' kind of faded, I was struggling to make some money and make ends meet.
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The states are not free, under the guise of protecting maternal health or potential life, to intimidate women into continuing pregnancies.
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Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
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The ball whizzes past like a bumblebee and the Indians are in the sea.
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I think I've always been somebody to break rules.
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When Paris has to pee, Paris has to pee!
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The prevalence of mobile homes does not correspond with the prevalence of poverty, or with much of anything else. All that can be confidently said about America's mobile homes is that they are massed in places where you wouldn't want to be in one. Florida's mobile homes lie athwart the path of hurricanes. Georgia's are in the way of tornadoes.
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One cannot plan for the unexpected.
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Even successful musicians have had periods where people say they suck and no one likes them, even after they've had periods of great success. So I think it's like you just gotta do you and try to stay motivated. Until, you know, you decide to stay home and make spaghetti all day.
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Homecourt is everything in the NBA.
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Space excites me. My dream is to go to space.
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In business, every phase of things counts. Companies that just yell out a low price today to win business aren't going to make money in the long term.
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There's always going to be someone with a bigger toy than yours.
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I stayed in the ghetto. Then I stayed in condos, then I stayed in penthouses, and then I stayed in mansions.
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I would never take my children and place them next to missile launchers.
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He who observes etiquette but objects to lying is like someone who dresses fashionably but wears no vest.
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Animals play a big part in my life, on tour or at home.
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The few effective provisions of Dodd-Frank are masked by its many flaws - flaws that have been and will continue to be detrimental to the American economy and our financial future if not reversed.
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I wanted to be a decorator. I wanted to interior design homes and do everything myself.
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I was very flattered when Disney Junior reached out and invited me to come voice Ariel for this special primetime edition of 'Sofia the First.' As the parent myself, I really appreciate the positive messages that this animated series is trying to put out there.
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We can experience nothing but the present moment, live in no other second of time, and to understand this is as close as we can get to eternal life.
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I don't want to drive the markets crazy. I don't want to create trouble, but rather order and rules and norms. We have to struggle against financial excesses, those who speculate with sovereign debt, those who develop financial products which have done so much harm.
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Not because I'm trying to be fabulous, but I love those big crazy Jackie O shades.
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There is a psychic gulf that exists between myself and my grandparents because they don't really speak English, and I don't speak Chinese, and that's my own personal shame because I did not learn, ever. I only saw my paternal grandma a few times in my life, and that's really crazy.
